On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Herbert Wengatz 42850 wrote:
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> Mark Hahn wrote:
> ??? wrote:
> +>
> +> > As for K6-2,3 single processor and K7 SMP support, the x86-compatability
> +> > in the chips should keep things in line with current kernel development.
> +>
> +> sure, except for K7 SMP, which cannot be Intel-compatible, unless
> +> AMD solves some licensing problems.
>
> Why should they solve "licensing problems"? As far as I can see, their new
because Intel's SMP support is proprietary, and as far as I know, AMD
doesn't have license to use it. if they did, the K6 would have an io-apic
in it, and we all would have the pleasure of running dual K6-2 boxes.
> Intel-Stuff. The bus to the memory is more than twice as fast as the next
> version of the "Slot1", and is compatible with the new DEC-Chips. It seems, that
sure, sure. that has nothing to do with SMP support, though. note that I
fully expect AMD's SMP support to be nice and relatively clean, and to be
added to Linux soon after it's available.
> one could possibly decide to plug in an Alpha-CPU if your AMD-K7 is too slow for
no. DEC has said that they have no plans to do this, which is unsurprising,
since DEC traditionally puts lots of firmware onto the motherboard.
